Ok ,So the guy asks $ 20.00 for a picture at a BODYBUILDING expo.... whatever he has he made it thru BODYBUILDING only... can't think os a better ambassador of the "sport"

Arnold on the other hand ' has shown you that in order to make it in life, you must move on to bigger and better things than Bodybuilding...

can't think of a worst ambassador of our "little sport"....

Lou claims that a lot of bodybuilders depend on selling pictures of themselves to supplement their income. While Lou can certainly afford to eat the fee, other bodybuilders cannot. Besides, would YOU just give away revenue, just to satisfy certain cheapskate fans?

Lou claims that a lot of bodybuilders depend on selling pictures of themselves to supplement their income. While Lou can certainly afford to eat the fee, other bodybuilders cannot. Besides, would YOU just give away revenue, just to satisfy certain cheapskate fans?

Exactly my point, I can't think of any person (in on out of BB) that will leave their house to seat at a table (knowing that people are willing to pay to have a pic taken) and still do it for free....

Ok ,So the guy asks $ 20.00 for a picture at a BODYBUILDING expo.... whatever he has he made it thru BODYBUILDING only... can't think os a better ambassador of the "sport"

Arnold on the other hand ' has shown you that in order to make it in life, you must move on to bigger and better things than Bodybuilding...

can't think of a worst ambassador of our "little sport"....

Well Lou moved on to bigger and better things as well. If it wasnt for his tv show he would have been a bodybuilding relic along with columbu nubret, etc. No one outside of bodybuilding would've known who he is. Whenever he makes apppearances its as an actor not a bodybuilder.

Most bodybuilders are trying to get into acting hoping to duplicate Arnold's success but lack that x factor.

Arnold is the best example for a ambassador for bodybuilding. He set up his own pageant show, always credited Joe Weider. Etc.

Here's a true big Louie story. A few years back a friend and I were at a convention. My friend was a huge Incredible Hulk fan, he doesn't lift, and he wanted to take a picture with Lou. When we got to the front of the line he paid Lou his 20 but before he would take the picture Lou looked at me standing next to my friend and said he would only take a pic with my friend and if I wanted to be included in the pic it would be an extra ten more dollars. I politely declined. I'd only pay money to take a picture with a Beatle or a member of led zeppelin.

Business is pretty much about supply and demand. If the demand is there for $20 pics/autograph, Lou will supply them. Even to young fans, Lou is still very much reveered as The Incredible Hulk due to the TV series and spin-off movies.

Business is pretty much about supply and demand. If the demand is there for $20 pics/autograph, Lou will supply them. Even to young fans, Lou is still very much reveered as The Incredible Hulk due to the TV series and spin-off movies.

True and we are not talking one picture here and there, we are talking 100`s every appearance, that`s thousands of dollars, no one is going to give that up just to please some fans.

In the 90`s after his comeback Lou made a killing, he was charging 10 000 dollars per guess appearance and was in demand big time. On top of that he would sell his stuff and get his flights, hotel, food and everything paid for.

My guess is that Lou does a lot of the comic conventions as the Hulk, where the $20 is probably very standard

I've been to various cons over the years, and $20 is pretty much the norm. Peter Criss was charging $50 for one of his pics a few years back. I thought Gene was the only member of the band who was a whore for money.

Here's a true big Louie story. A few years back a friend and I were at a convention. My friend was a huge Incredible Hulk fan, he doesn't lift, and he wanted to take a picture with Lou. When we got to the front of the line he paid Lou his 20 but before he would take the picture Lou looked at me standing next to my friend and said he would only take a pic with my friend and if I wanted to be included in the pic it would be an extra ten more dollars. I politely declined. I'd only pay money to take a picture with a Beatle or a member of led zeppelin.

But yo are still WILLING to pay to have a pic taken with someone famous.....so why the hate?

Well Lou moved on to bigger and better things as well. If it wasnt for his tv show he would have been a bodybuilding relic along with columbu nubret, etc. No one outside of bodybuilding would've known who he is. Whenever he makes apppearances its as an actor not a bodybuilder.

Most bodybuilders are trying to get into acting hoping to duplicate Arnold's success but lack that x factor.

Arnold is the best example for a ambassador for bodybuilding. He set up his own pageant show, always credited Joe Weider. Etc.

Lou used his bodybuilding physique to do the Hulk,true, but by doing so, inspired tons of people to become bodybuilders and dont forget, he went back to compete in his 40's ...and has always been involved in the "sport",has always been flexing and talking about Bodybuilding, mainstream and every where he goes (with all the limitations and negative perseption this little pageant may have)....... he's a living proof you can be and look like bodybuilder at any age ...

Arnold after retiring age 33 only used the Weider publications to puch his movies....

He's been saying for years in interviews that he used bodybuilding as a stepping stone to get in to the movies ....